Using Soundwaves to Break Game Addiction

The Korean Times is reporting that a company called Xtive is working on a new technology which it hopes will prevent people from getting adddicted to massively multiplayer games (thanks [H]):

A Korean venture start-up has developed an inaudible sound sequence, which it claims can prevent obsessive use of online games, thus giving hope to game addicts. Xtive on Monday said the sound sequence is based on subliminal effects.

``We incorporated messages into an acoustic sound wave telling gamers to stop playing. The messages are told 10,000 to 20,000 times per second,'' Xtive President Yun Yun-hae said.

``Game users can't recognize the sounds. But their subconscious is aware of them and the chances are high they will quit playing,'' the 35-year-old Yun said. ``Tests tell us the sounds work.''